Boston's ArtsEmerson is holding a one-day sale for its 2012 theatre season , with tickets available for the extraordinary
price of $25. The sale takes place on
Monday, November 28, 2011 and is applicable for six plays coming to Boston
between January-April 2012.

Friday, November 25, 2011

The Boston Irish Tourism Association has compiled a selection of great holiday music coming up in December - ranging from the Boston Pops' annual holiday shows to a variety of Irish and Celtic performances.

To celebrate its 35th birthday, the Black Rose Pub in Boston is rolling back the price of a pint of Guinness to $2.50 - which is what it charged when the Rose first opened its doors in 1976. The special offer lasts the week of November 27, 2011.

The normal price of a pint today is $6.75.

“Our patrons can feel like it is 1976 again and in this economic time, it’s a really great deal. I am honored to raise a pint in celebration with our loyal patrons. Slainte!“ said Paul Wilson, Operations Manager at The Glynn Hospitality Group.

Considered one of the great Irish pubs in America, the Black Rose has live Irish music seven nights a week. It has served over three million pints of Guinness, 300,000 fish and chips, and 250,000 bowls of Irish beef stew in the past 35 years.

An all-women group, consisting of Celeste Ray, Erin Hill, Carol Crittenden and Maria Johnson, Four Celtic Voices released its debut CD on March 17, 2009 on QVC television and have since performed in concert halls around the country.

For a schedule of upcoming events at the Rogers Center for the Arts, click here.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site is open to the public
on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 in recognition of President John F.
Kennedy and the 48th anniversary of his assassination. Located at 83 Beale Street in Brookline, the site is the birthplace
of President Kennedy, and the place where he spent his childhood.

The site is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and admission is free.
National Park Rangers are holding a brief memorial ceremony outside the
house at 1:00 p.m. and guided tours are offered throughout the day.

The JFK National Historic Site also offers a free audio tour of the facility. To access the audio tour dial 617-992-9172, then click mobile phone. For directions to the site, click here.

"We are excited to welcome Mayor Daley to Harvard," said Trey Grayson,
Director of Harvard's Institute of Politics. "His extensive management
experience running a major U.S. city will be invaluable to students
and to the dozens of new city leaders attending the Institute's Newly
Elected Mayors Conference."

For more information about the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, click here.

To find out about Irish cultural activities year round in the Boston area, visit IrishBoston.org.

The awards are being presented on Monday, November 21, 2011 during a ceremony at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. You can watch a Live Web Cast of the ceremony starting at 6:00 p.m.

Kennedy called Ravenstahl and Staple-Clark,“ inspiring public servants who
exemplify my father’s belief that every person can make a difference."

To read more about the event, and for biographies of Mayor Ravenstahl and Jennifer Staple-Clark, click here.

For more information on the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, visit JFKLibrary.org.

For year round cultural activities in greater Boston, visit IrishBoston.org.

The US-Ireland Alliance has announced the George J. Mitchell Scholars for the class of 2012-13. The twelve recipients, who were selected out of a field of over 300 applicants, will embark on a one-year post-graduate course of study in their respective disciplines in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The scholarship was formed in 2001 by Trina Vargo, founder of the US-Ireland Alliance, in honor of Senator George J. Mitchell's role in the Northern Ireland peace talks. It is designed to connect future American leaders to the island of Ireland. For more about the George J. Mitchell Scholarship, click here.

For information on Irish cultural activities in Massachusetts and the New England region. visit IrishBoston.org.

The missionof
The American Ireland Fund is to be the largest worldwide network of
people of Irish ancestry and friends of Ireland
dedicated to raising funds to support programs of peace
and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community
development throughout the island of Ireland.

Dropkick Murphys, the Boston-based Punk-Irish band, won the Artist of the Year prize at the annual Boston Music Awards ceremony held at the Liberty Hotel on Sunday, November 20, 2011. The Murphys also scooped the Best Live Artist of the Year award.

Kelly was born in Everett and grew up in Chelsea, a working class city
bordering Boston.

After attending St. John's Prep School in Danvers, Kelly attended
Assumption College in Worcester, where he played football and became a
three-year defensive coordinator for the team upon graduating in 1983.
He's been a football coach since then, working his way around the
country and leading the University of Cincinnati football program to a
34-6 record from 2007-09. This is his second year as Notre Dame's coach.

Kelly has been described as "a winner everywhere he goes" in a profile published by the Worcester Telegram.

In an interview with ESPN reporter Mark Schlabach, Kelly described a painting hanging in his office entitled The Original Fighting Irish:

"You don't see faces. You see blue-collar. You see a bit of a
swagger. You see toughness. Growing up as an Irish Catholic in Boston,
that's what I remember Notre Dame being. That's been one of our goals
every day - to get that fight back in the Fighting Irish. It's good
because that's who I am anyway."

For Irish cultural activities taking place in the Boston area this weekend, visit IrishBoston.org.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The American Ireland Fund is holding its 30th annual Boston Gala at the Westin Hotel on Thursday, November 17, 2011. Cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m. with the dinner program starting on 8:00 p.m., followed by dancing.

The missionof
The American Ireland Fund is to be the largest worldwide network of
people of Irish ancestry and friends of Ireland
dedicated to raising funds to support programs of peace
and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community
development
throughout the island of Ireland.

Angel Reapers is described as a lively song and dance piece, inspired by
the life of Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker movement. Mother Ann, as she came to
be known, was a visionary, mystic and powerful spiritual leader. Her
categorical denial of sexuality and determination to erase it from herself and
her followers inspires the stunning, rhythmic and often hilarious choreography
in Angel Reapers.

For a full schedule of upcoming shows presented by ArtsEmerson, click here.

Monday, November 14, 2011

(Boston)
— The Boston Irish Tourism Association (BITA) released its Travel &
Culture Guide (fall/winter issue)
of Irish cultural activities in Massachusetts.
The 28-page color magazine details upcoming holiday concerts, dances and
theatre from November 2011 to March 2012 It lists selected Irish pubs,
gift shops and cultural groups in the Bay State plus hotels and travel agencies
for visitors from out-of-town.

The Guide is available for free at tourism centers across the
state and at museums, hotels and cultural venues. For location near you go to distribution centers.

“Visitors looking for the very best Irish and Celtic music can
find it right here in Massachusetts,”
said BITA director Colette Quinlin.

The fall/winter 2011 Travel & Culture Guide includes
stories on the new public art exhibit at Terminal E, Logan Airport and the Butcher
Shop Market in Adams Village, Dorchester, plus profiles of Mia Tavan, Marketing
Director at Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, and Paul Wilson,
Operations Manager at the Glynn Hospitality Group and its flagship pub, the
Black Rose.

There is also a travel story on Ireland
in the Off-Season with tips for traveling to Ireland this winter.

The Boston Irish Tourism Association was formed in 2000 to
promote cultural tourism year round. It publishes three travel and
culture guides each year, and has created an Irish Heritage Trail highlighting
Irish landmarks in Boston
and around the state.

For further details on the festivals and concerts, as well as
year-round Irish and cultural activities, hotel packages, gift shops and Irish
pubs, visit www.IrishMassachusetts.com.

More than 24% of residents in Massachusetts
claim Irish ancestry, making it the most Irish state in the United States,
according to the US Census.

Boston Irish Tourism Association is a membership organization that represents dozens of grass roots cultural groups, pubs and gift shops, as well as hotel, tourism agencies, museums and concert venues. To find out more about joining BITA, click here.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

ArtsEmerson is presenting an engaging one-man show by Irish actor Conor Lovett, from Ireland's famed theatre troupe, the Gare St. Lazare Players. The play holds audiences
spellbound with this classic tale of a mythic sea monster, vengeful
Captain Ahab, and the epic journey aboard the Pequod.